Do You Really Need Back Surgery or Advanced Skills for Health Care Providers

Do You Really Need Back Surgery?: A Surgeon's Guide to Neck and Back Pain and How to Choose Your Treatment

Author: Aaron G Filler

Most people have back surgery to relieve pain, but all too often it doesn't help. For the half million people who undergo back surgery each year, and the additional million who are seriously contemplating it, Do You Really Need Back Surgery? is a godsend--an informed, reliable guide to when you should consider surgery and when you should not.
Written by an internationally recognized expert in nerve and spinal surgery, this highly readable guide covers everything back patients need to know to make informed decisions about their treatment. The book discusses the details of spinal anatomy; explains the difference between acute, chronic, and recurring pain; shows how to keep the spine healthy; and defines such terms as spurs, stenosis, and slippage. It also reveals what clues your physician uses to predict whether a given type of pain is likely to go away with rest and exercise, and which types may become emergencies. Dr. Filler discusses the risks of surgery, the decisions you may be faced with and what options you have, and your expectations for recovery. He provides detailed explanations of the wide array of spinal injections and surgeries, including discectomies and fusions, as well as innovative procedures such as electrothermic and laser techniques and artificial disks. He explains the various medical imaging and diagnostic tests available and even covers the complexities of health insurance.
From Pilates to pedicle screws, and from osteoporosis to spina bifida, Do You Really Need Back Surgery? covers all the questions your doctor usually doesn't have the time to answer. Featuring more than 80 illustrations, it is an essential manual for every neck or back painsufferer.

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Advanced Skills for Health Care Providers

Author: Barbara Acello

Covering over 90 advanced procedures, this book includes such topics as: respiratory care, infection control, phlebotomy & IV therapy, cardiac care skills, surgical asepsis/staple and suture, wound care, speciment collection, urinary/fecal elimination, enternal feeding, and assisting with blood administration. The four nursing process components—Assessment, Plan, Implementation and Evaluation are featured in the book.

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Reviewer:Mary Allen Carey, PhD(University of Oklahoma College of Nursing)
Description:This book details advanced skills for healthcare providers.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide advanced patient care information.
Audience:The target audience includes students and caregivers or patient care technicians who will perform advanced skills in acute care facilities, clinics, HMOs, home healthcare agencies, and other facilities.
Features:The book addresses such topics as sterile procedures, including preparing and working with a sterile field, using sterile technique, and performing sterile dressing changes and wet to dry dressings. Venipuncture technique is covered in several chapters as are intravenous procedures. Other areas covered include enteral nutrition, specimen collection, perioperative care, heat and cold applications, respiratory procedures (basic and advanced), cardiac care skills, and emergency procedures. The appendixes address guidelines for hand hygiene, abbreviations, and medical terminology and electronic communication.
Assessment:Most chapters contain special text boxes listing observations to be reported and recorded. Additional highlights include safety and infection control alerts and age related information. The layout and use of color illustrations is especially appealing and makes for a very interesting presentation.

Booknews

Written for caregivers and patient care technicians in training, this text covers 112 procedures ranging from basic documentation to procedures including wound care, phlebotomy, and cardiac care skills. Emphasizes safety, infection control, patients' rights, and communication skills throughout. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Health Care Delivery for the 21st Century. Obersvation, Documentation, and Reporting to the RN. Infection Control. Surgical Asepsis. Wound Care. Phlebotomy. Intravenous Tehrapy. Urinary and Bowel Elimination. Enteral Nutrition. Specimen Collection. Preoperative and Postoperative Care. Respiratory Procedures. Endotracheal Tube and Tracheostomy Care. Cardiac Care Skills. Emergency Procedures.